PREMIER League chief executive Richard Scudamore insists the Glazers' take-over of Manchester United does not represent a risk for the club - provided the team performs on the pitch.

Scudamore has examined the figures behind the controversial £790million takeover at Old Trafford and recently met with the Glazer brothers to discuss issues which might affect the Barclays Premiership following their acquisition.

He told BBC Radio 5 Live's Sportsweek programme: "We have looked at the numbers ourselves. Clearly there is a way of seeing how it works. It's not for me to comment on that.

"It's only for directors and owners of clubs to really assess that balance of risk. Nobody underestimates this - if you take football generally across the 92 professional clubs in this country, everything is a stretch.

"The fans were concerned by the lack of debt before the takeover and the level of debt there is now. But it's not out of ratio or sync with other clubs with that sort of turnover.

"The lack of success provides the biggest danger. If a team does not succeed then the financial numbers don't stack up as well as they might. At this level, the difference between success and failure is what happens on the pitch.

"The most important thing for us when we met with them was to talk about their aspirations regarding television rights and collective rights generally, and there was a very positive outcome.

"It wasn't just ask a simple question, get a simple answer. It was a vigorous and very good meeting."